A rainbow coloured trail
2: The key to trouble is curiosity
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI kept thinking about that case.
Dad never told anything about it, even tough I was older then Scootaloo when Spitfire won.
What could it be about? I had to know.
Two days later I went into the locker room and opened Soarin's one.
Where did he have those stupid keys?
In his bag, I remembered. While searching I put his stuff back exactly as I found it.
He wouldn't notice the keys were gone.
Got it! I closed the locker and left the room.
There was nopony in the hallway.
That's good. I peeked into the office. Nobody there. This was too good to be true.
I opend the door and closed it as soon as I was in. Now where was that file?
I heard hoves in the hallway.
"Oh Soarin..." I knew that voice.
The door opened.
I'm lucky I'm fast because I closed the drawer opened the window and hid around the corner before the door was open.
It was kinda cold outside. From where I was I could see the drawer.
"You sure about this?" That was Soarin.
Then I realized I should have flewn to the other side of the window, then I could see who was with him.
Then something felt from the desk, probably the little statue.
I heard papers crumbling and I really wished I could see.
"Yes, absolutely." The one with him had a little raspy voice. It was the voice of a female pony.
I was stuck here. As long as Female Pony and Soarin were in the office I couldn't put the file back so I'd better read it now.
Date: 27 februari. Just some day's before the Wonderbolts Gala 5 years ago.
I should have noticed something strange about my dad.
I started reading.
Something about the lawyer and about my dad. Heir of Aviane's most valuable property.
Who in Equestria was Aviane? What property?
Female Pony giggled.
It became more annoying every minute not knowing who she was.
'This certificate states that the property of the Wonderbolts Academy...'
Wait, WHAT?
'now belongs to miss Spitfire.'
I stared in awe at the paper.
Dad OWNED the Wonderbolts academy? And now Spitfire does? Somehow it does make sense, she's the captain.
But how?
Somewhere I heard Soarin and Female Pony leave.
Phew, I could move again.
I flew back in and put the file back.
Female Pony and Soarin really made a mess. Papers were spread all around the floor and the lamp felt.
"Wait, we forgot to close the window."
I gasped and ducked under the desk.
They came back in.
I, again wished I've chosen another hiding place because I could'nt see anything. Not even hooves.
Female Pony bumped into Soarin.
"Sorry..." They both laughed.
She flew up and closed the window.
"'Why do you always tend to push your tail in my face?" Soarin said.
They both laughed again.
The next day Soarin and Fleetfoot were arguing in the locker room.
Just when I wanted to ask what was wrong Fleetfoot pushed me aside and ran into the girls toilets.
"What's wrong with her?" I asked. Without waiting for an answer I went after her.
"Fleetfoot?"
"Just go away."
"But..." I could'nt leave her.
"Just go. I don't want to talk."
"You don't want to talk to me?" I asked again.
"NO!"
"Should I get somepony else? Spitfire?" I asked.
I turned around. Maybe I just had to leave her alone.
"Wait, Rainbow I..." She opened the door.
"Somebody stole Soarin's keys. The ones from Spitfire's office. All his stuff was laying on the floor.
And now he blames me." She looked like she cried.
I put the keys back exactly where I found them so it wasn't me!
"But you don't have them?" A weird feeling got into me.
"No! I never had the keys, he said he saw me in the locker room but I was'nt there."
"I will talk to him." I said. Now I got Fleetfoot in trouble.
"Soarin?" He was putting his stuff back in the bag.
"Yes, is there something?" he asked.
"What's with your bag?" I could'nt tell him I was here for Fleetfoot. Just imagine what he would think of me.
Even tough I shouldn't care about that, somehow I did.
"Fleetfoot took the keys of Spitfire's office."
"Huh? How do you know it was her?"
"I saw blue wings in the room about an hour before lunchtime."
That was me! He saw me there! I was speechless.
"A-are you sure the wings were... Fleetfoot's?"
"No, but everypony was outside."
Not everypony was, I was'nt.
"How do you know Fleetfoot was inside?"
I really needed to find a way to convince him Fleetfoot did'nt took the keys without giving hints it was me.
"Because I really saw blue wings and the only blue pony's are Wave chill and Silver lining who had a day off and lightning streak who was on patrouille with Surprise."
"And you and me." I added.
"Yes, but you were flying a pacours with Spitfire, so the only one left is.."
What? Did Spitfire say that?
"Not Fleetfoot. Some of the Wonderbolts in training are blue."
There are only two Wonderbolts in training who are blue. The overly quiet April and Strato, the most annoying guy in this whole place.
Seriously, you don't want to know.
"But what would they want to do with the keys?" he asked.
"What would Fleetfoot do with them?" Now I got him.
"I got an idea" he said.
"I'll take a look in the office if somethings missing and you take a look if one of the Wonderbolts in training is acting weird."
They're ALWAYS acting weird.
"Okay." I shrugged and acted like I did'nt really care.
"Fine, bye."
Now I needed to prove one of them stole the key.
That evening I was having dinner in a little restaurant with Soarin and I did'nt knew how I ended up there. Not that I cared, it was fun.
We ordered something and talked about flying stunts.
"At least now you have the keys." I said out of nowhere.
He laughed.
"I check every half hour."
We laughed.
"Then you should check now. We've been here for around an hour."
He looked in his bag.
Then he gasped. The keys were gone again.
We rushed back to the academy and started searching. I started in the hallway and he on the field.
I walked trough the hallway very quiet.
I heard something in the office.
The raspy voice of Female Pony.
Gotcha! Now I know who you are! I rushed in but she was gone.
I could search her, but what if I would find her? That would be awkward.
I got an even better idea!
I grabbed the file on the floor when I noticed something moved outside the window.
Fast I flew out, but she was already gone. I followed her but she was too far in the front.
"Come back you!" I screamed. I angrily waved the file.
I growled a little. Now all those papers that were inside the file felt down on the ground.
Wait! Idea! What if I dropped everything here and put one paper in one of the other Wonderbolts in Trainings bag?
I would prove Fleetfoot was innocent, altough that would be quite mean...
But they are mean too and Fleetfoot is my friend. And they won't get punished that much.
I would be fast enough to be back in time before Soarin would seek me.
"Woah, this is weird."
Soarin looked at the papers on the grass outside.
"Somepony dropped them while I was chasing them." It was'nt even a lie. I was the pony who dropped them, but still.
He picked the papers up and put them back.
"I'm going to get Spitfire. You go inside, it's cold." He flew away.
When he came back Spitfire took the file and looked in it.
"Is there something missing?" I asked. Inside I almost laughed at the frown on her face..
"Yes," she said. "One paper."
When I walked into the dorm when Kaila (one of the mean girls) immediatly pushed me to the center of the room where the rest was sitting. I sat down.
"We're playing a game. Somebody asks a question and all of us need to answer. Honestly."
Why do they actually want me to play this game. They don't like me and I don't like them?
Well, it's fine with me. If I play this game they won't search for things like little mirrors in their bags. Plus, I may hear something really funny about somepony.
"April's turn." Louise yelled.
Nopony answered. April was'nt in the room.
"Well, then it is Kaila's turn."
Kaila was thinking.
"What kind of job do you have and what kind of job do you want?" That's a good one.
"I was selling famous Las Pegasus food and I want to join the weather ponies."
"I had my own shop and I want to be in the weather patrol"
"I already am part of the weather patrol and I want to be a Wonderbolt." Preferably the captain.
They stared at me and I actually kinda liked it.
Next question.
"Did you ever dye your mane?"
All of them said they did. Fluff (probably named after her cloud coloured poofy mane and tail) once dyed it dark grey and put thunder shaped clips in it on Nightmare Night.
"And you Dashie?" Don't call me Dashie. Only my friends can call me that.
"I never did. I was born with all these colours."
They looked in awe at my tail.
"Ohhh!" "Cool!" "Got it from your dad?"
"Yeah! Pretty awesome right?" I grinned.
"Next!" Louise yelled. Yealous your dad does'nt have Rainbow coloured hair?
"What was the job where you earned the most bits?" Actually I have no idea.
"Oo, I won the lotery!" Okay fine, were out now.
"And how much?" Louise asked.
"Only 25 bits." Louise laughed really hard at the girl who blushed now.
"Now I" she almst yelled I "have done voices for a famous serie. I could live from that reaaaaly long."
Sure. I knew she would brag. She always does.
"Fluff, you are." Louise said.
"What is your biggest moment of fame?"
I immediatly started. That question is for me!
"Oh, I saved all of Equestria at least five times."
They gasped.
"From Nightmare moon, Discord, Crysalis, Sombra, plunderseeds and Tirek. What did I tell ya? Six times!"
The rest of the night I answered questions about my adventures.
Around midnight we went to bed and nopony searched their bags for a comb or something.
I set an alarm at three o clock to put the paper in one of their bags.
I searched Fluffs one when I heard somepony crying very soft.
"It's not right. It's not right Louise. Just not right." A little voice.
"Shut up. You know why as much as I do. And we needed to do so. She does'nt know."
Where are you talking about Louise. Tell it.
"I know, I know but..." The little voice stopped.
"Shut up and go to sleep." I waited for a while but I did'nt hear anything anymore.
I put the paper in Louises bag and started to think. There's something fishy going on around this place.
I can't figure this out on my own! Where are my friends? I should probably just do what they would do.
Applejack? No, I'm lying really hard now. Fluttershy would'nt have the courage to do something. Twilight would make a list, maybe that's an option.
I concluded in the hospital I'm an egghead anyway.
- Dad got the Wonderbolts Academy from Aviane, whoever that might be. Then he lost it to Spitfire in a case I did'nt know of.
The only thing he did was helping me. - Female pony has a little raspy voice and knows Soarin. She later stole the keys after I put them back. Then we found them on the field without any clues. Before Soarin and I went to that restaurant she stole them again and left when I came in.
She was very fast and blue.
Then what am I missing?
Spitfire!
She or is blind without her aviators, or she did'nt care about Soarin and Female Pony ruining her office. I tought again.
Wait, Female Pony must have had a key to the office. Because I had Soarins, she had another one. And she must have searched something. After I left she did'nt found it so she came back when I was at the restaurant with Soarin.
She searched the file that was on the floor. The one Spitfire has now and the one she closed as soon as Soarin looked in.
I'm seeing ghost now. That was just a coincidence.
Tomorrow I have a day off.
I needed to prove Fleetfoots innocence. Then I would write my dad about Aviane and check everypony's voices. And ask Soarin about Female Pony. I yawned and closed my eyes.
Tomorrow it would be all different.
